Examples of the series in general:

Demoted to Extra: Characters such as Robert Garcia, Mature, Daimon, Yang and Andy get only passing mentions, assist roles, or cameos, in the entire Capcom vs. SNK series. This is very noticeable in the SNK side, because most of the KOF teams (sans the Women Fighters Team) are incomplete in the games. For example, the Art of Fighting Team lacks Robert, the Fatal Fury Team lacks Andy, the Japan Team lacks Goro Daimon, the Villain Team lacks Billy Kane, and so on. Chang also shares his moveset with Choi in Capcom vs. SNK 2, but Choi got into SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos with Chang only getting cameos.

Dialogue Tree: The games are full of this, with stuff like Geese throwing a Reppuuken at Bison to blow his cape away.

Loads and Loads of Characters: The Card Fighters games. Of course, being digital trading card games, the characters themselves don't appear per se.

Spotlight-Stealing Squad: The Street Fighter cast, who always make up more than half the Capcom side characters. Some of the cases would be more appropriate to call Street Fighter vs. SNK. To be fair, the majority of the SNK side is comprised of characters who've already appeared in a King of Fighters game, so Street Fighter vs. The King of Fighters would be a better title.

The first game at the very least had Morrigan and Nakoruru, who come from series (Darkstalkers and Samurai Showdown) outside of both Street Fighter and the King of Fighters. The second one introduced more characters from outside those games (Final Fight and Rival Schools as well as other SNK participants who haven't been in a KOF game). SVC Chaos saw Mars People, Athena, and Mega Man Zero join the fray.

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